Paki gob on a stick wrote on Aug 28
th, 2026 at 10:59am:
Peter Hartcher?
A political commentator who is not an economist trying to explain bond markets to the podcast's host ...oh dear....let's listen:
Hartcher: "Donald Trump has raised doubts about the credibility of US debt".... ie, among mainstream commentators who assert there is no alternative to debt-based money for a currency-issuing govt, and no place for planning in the macro-economy (as opposed to 'invisble hand' markets).
Hartcher: "Trump is not trying to fix the underlying problem which requires cutting spending and raising taxes"...so that bond holders can remain confident the US can repay its debt, ignoring the fact the US can always repay its debt so long as the US remains productive and the govt. controls inflation.
And ignoring the political reality that half the population depend on essential public services to survive, hence the current revolt against mainstream centrist parties pushing their
lower taxes and lower spending dogmas to 'balance the budget' (which is nonsense: a c-i govt's budget, by definition, is not like a household's budget.
Hartcher: "so what could the US do? The most immediate thing is to cut govt. spending".... easy for a highly-paid commentator to say, in the midst of a cost of living crisis badly affecting at least half the population....
Hartcher:"... are you telling me the bond market can f*ck my entire program? And the answer is yes"....which proves Trump should close the bond market, because the US govt can create money out of thin air just like private banks do, while directly controlling inflation other than via the 'independent' central bank.
https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1645944963/1515#1529#1527
and
https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=63343Government debt hysteria relies on acceptance of a totally unnecessary administrative practice